Not enough slack in throttle cable - 1979 GS1000L

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  • dubwicht
    Forum Apprentice
    • Sep 2024
    • 89
    • Alberta, Canada

    #1

    Not enough slack in throttle cable - 1979 GS1000L

    I have a 1979 GS1000 and don't have enough slack in my throttle cables. I took the carbs and throttle components apart to clean them. Prior to this the throttle cable was plenty long enough. The cable fits but the sliders are wide open. I am wondering if I messed up assembling them.
  • dubwicht
    Forum Apprentice
    • Sep 2024
    • 89
    • Alberta, Canada

    #2
    Here is a photo of the top of the carb
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    • dubwicht
      Forum Apprentice
      • Sep 2024
      • 89
      • Alberta, Canada

      #3
      Another view of the carb.
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      • Nessism
        Forum LongTimer
        GSResource Superstar
        Past Site Supporter
        Super Site Supporter
        • Mar 2006
        • 35790
        • Torrance, CA

        #4
        As mentioned in your other thread about carbs, those are not the original carbs. This photo, unlike your other, do show mechanical slide carbs. You should buy a set of stock carbs, then rebuild them.
        Ed

        To measure is to know.

        Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182

        Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846

        Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf

        KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection

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        • dubwicht
          Forum Apprentice
          • Sep 2024
          • 89
          • Alberta, Canada

          #5
          No wonder the throttle cables didn't fit. Yikes.

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          • Don R
            Forum Mentor
            Past Site Supporter
            • Feb 2024
            • 202
            • Galesburg Illinois

            #6
            Keihen keyhole carbs! It's a Honda conspiracy.

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            • dgates1
              Forum Mentor
              Super Site Supporter
              • Jun 2024
              • 346
              • Arlington, TX

              #7
              Cable looks attached in the wrong spot (threaded section), and going the wrong way around, and the end in the wrong hole.

              But that's from just looking at what I can see in the photos...
              - David
              80 GS850GL, 82 GS1100G
              Arlington, TX
              https://visitedstatesmap.com/image/ARMNMTNDSDTXsm.jpg

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